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After the recent school shooting in Florida, gun control has once again become a topic of national public debate. The judiciary branch is just as divided as the common man. (iStock)

News

Is Trump’s push for an AR-15 age limit constitutional?

February 25, 2018 5:01 am

A bill sponsored by Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, (pictured above) and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., would help ensure federal and state authorities

News

Next week: Congress returns under pressure to act on guns

Susan Ferrechio -

February 24, 2018 2:00 pm

Members of his own party are urging House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., to help reinstitute the National Criminal Instate Background Check System. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

News

GOP lawmakers urge Paul Ryan to bring background check bill to a vote next week

Diana Stancy Correll -

February 23, 2018 11:30 pm

President Trump this week met with students and parents from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the wake of the mass shooting there last week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Fake news infests the gun debate, worms its way directly into the White House

Becket Adams -

February 23, 2018 10:31 pm

Karen Pence introduced her husband, Vice President Mike Pence, to the audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference just outside of Washington, D.C., on Thursday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Healthcare

Day One at CPAC: NRA returns fire, Ted Cruz drops Clinton zinger, and Sebastian Gorka gets pushy

Tristan Justice -

February 23, 2018 5:01 am

During a speech at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre specifically called out Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., as part of a cadre of leftist Democrats bent on eliminating the Second Amendment. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

News

Elizabeth Warren goes on tweet rager against NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, and fundraises too

Daniel Chaitin -

February 23, 2018 3:15 am

At Wednesday's meeting, President Trump suggested strong background check rules, a focus on mental health, and raising the national age to 21 for buying AR-15-style rifles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

News

Trump rejects active shooter drills: ‘It’s very hard on children’

Gabby Morrongiello -

February 22, 2018 6:14 pm

President Trump hosted a listening session on gun violence with high school students and teachers in the White House on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Columnists

How long can Trump hold the line on guns?

W. James Antle III -

February 22, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., faced a hostile crowd at a CNN town hall as he sparred with the father of a student who was killed in the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. (Image courtesy CNN)

News

Marco Rubio booed at town hall as victim’s father confronts him over guns

Caitlin Yilek -

February 22, 2018 2:42 am

Hundreds of Americans have taken to the streets to campaign for stricter gun laws over the past week after a deadly school shooting in Florida took 17 lives. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Opinion

Gun control is a fantasy. Start a realistic conversation about preventing school massacres

Washington Examiner -

February 21, 2018 5:01 am

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Tag: Background Checks

Is Trump’s push for an AR-15 age limit constitutional?

Next week: Congress returns under pressure to act on guns

GOP lawmakers urge Paul Ryan to bring background check bill to a vote next week

Fake news infests the gun debate, worms its way directly into the White House

Day One at CPAC: NRA returns fire, Ted Cruz drops Clinton zinger, and Sebastian Gorka gets pushy

Elizabeth Warren goes on tweet rager against NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, and fundraises too

Trump rejects active shooter drills: ‘It’s very hard on children’

How long can Trump hold the line on guns?

Marco Rubio booed at town hall as victim’s father confronts him over guns

Gun control is a fantasy. Start a realistic conversation about preventing school massacres

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